mtb9153 Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 (edited) This electrical issue has drained the battery so car is dead. Can't open the tailgate to try and recharge the startup battery Edited June 18, 2018 by mtb9153 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptjones Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 You need to open up the hood and on the right side are the posts to jump the battery. :) Paul kyledamron1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtb9153 Posted June 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 (edited) thanks so much Paul went so far as to get access to the battery with the backseat laid flat If I try hooking my charger to the battery, I see the positive post but the negative under the covering. Edited June 18, 2018 by mtb9153 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtb9153 Posted June 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 You need to open up the hood and on the right side are the posts to jump the battery. :) Paul Paul, I got my battery charger hooked up to the positive post under the hood and the negative to the grounding stud. Turned on the charger and it immediately showed a full 8 amp charge. So well see after it charges a bit, but already there is enough energy to open and close the tailgate so thats a good sign. ptjones and kyledamron1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cr08 Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 The original drain issue you had simply sounds like the radio. The prox sensors not beeping, radio coming on while the car is off, bluetooth, etc.. Pull fuse 76 (at least as I last recall, someone can easily correct me on that) for a few minutes and reinstall. Simple fix. fbov, obob and Louder North 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plus 3 golfer Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 My guess is you need a new battery. If it's the original, nearly 6 years is a long time on the original battery. ptjones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louder North Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 My guess is you need a new battery. If it's the original, nearly 6 years is a long time on the original battery. We had the same issue as mtb9153 but with a new battery - just do the fuse pull and reboot the system. That solved our problem. ptjones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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